Invalidity · first instance · 2025-05-06
000127695
Contested design: 015074868-0006
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015074868-0006 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Zhenwei Rongvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Xiongjie Li
China (CN)
Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, China
Represented by
Emilio Zeininger
Prior art cited (1)
Silicone Mould Chocolate Bar
https://www.amazon.de; ASIN B0DD74K6XD · Amazon.de · disclosed 2024-08-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier confectioners' mould promoted on Amazon.de before the contested filing date.
- ›The applicant relied on an Amazon.de printout showing the prior design, ASIN B0DD74K6XD, and availability since 15 August 2024.
- ›The holder filed no observations, and the Division accepted the Amazon evidence as sufficient proof of public disclosure under Article 7.
- ›The Division found the prior design materially identical to the contested design, upheld the application, and declared the design invalid for lack of novelty.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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